My first Tarpon

Bill M · 05-28-12, 08:49 AM

Was on vacation in St Pete beach, Fla and for the second year took a guide out for snook, needless to say no snook again. Did get a lot of sea trout and had two shots at a black tip shark and missed. Did catch a few spanish mackeral also first for me. Most fish were caught on either a zara spook or a paddle tail grub, while dock fishing we came across a school of tarpon. We spotted one over a 100 pounds but like always I hook up a smaller one in the 20 pound class. Great fight and I am hooked on Tarpon now. The guide is holding my catch and I am in the background.

bcklash · 05-28-12, 09:00 AM

Awesome, sounds like a lot of fun.

aikenyounggun · 05-28-12, 09:16 AM

A tarpon is definitely near the top of my list of fish to catch before I die ( I have a mental bucket list of simply fish to catch).

Sounds cool though. I was down in the st Pete/ Tampa area last weekend fishing off the skyway pier. (Tampa bay). Over two days we caught about 45 Spanish mackerel between the 3 of us. They are real a fun fish to catch. Maybe I'll post up a thread for some pics of I get the time. Hope you had fun catchin the tarpon. One question though: did it tail walk??!!?

Bill M · 05-28-12, 10:16 AM

It tail walked multiple times and leaped a lot, thing was still green while the guide was holding her.

Bassboss · 05-28-12, 03:12 PM

Nice! Never was fortunate enough to catch a tarpon while I lived down there.. almost had one on a Ribbit frog in the a canal once though!

woody · 05-28-12, 04:32 PM

That is awesome, Bill!

-Mark

Bill M · 06-02-12, 12:06 PM

Guys, Tarpon was on my bucket list and bonefish and snook are next, I hope

This is the guide I used who loves night fishing with top-waters on the grass flats: www.inshorefishtampabay.com

USMCbassman · 06-02-12, 01:35 PM

Nice fish and Congrats! I wanna get me some calico bass one of these days...

05-28-12, 08:49 AM	#1
Bill M BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edison,NJ Posts: 125	My first Tarpon Was on vacation in St Pete beach, Fla and for the second year took a guide out for snook, needless to say no snook again. Did get a lot of sea trout and had two shots at a black tip shark and missed. Did catch a few spanish mackeral also first for me. Most fish were caught on either a zara spook or a paddle tail grub, while dock fishing we came across a school of tarpon. We spotted one over a 100 pounds but like always I hook up a smaller one in the 20 pound class. Great fight and I am hooked on Tarpon now. The guide is holding my catch and I am in the background. Attached Thumbnails

05-28-12, 09:00 AM	#2
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Awesome, sounds like a lot of fun. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

05-28-12, 09:16 AM	#3
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	A tarpon is definitely near the top of my list of fish to catch before I die ( I have a mental bucket list of simply fish to catch). Sounds cool though. I was down in the st Pete/ Tampa area last weekend fishing off the skyway pier. (Tampa bay). Over two days we caught about 45 Spanish mackerel between the 3 of us. They are real a fun fish to catch. Maybe I'll post up a thread for some pics of I get the time. Hope you had fun catchin the tarpon. One question though: did it tail walk??!!? __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

05-28-12, 03:12 PM	#5
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Nice! Never was fortunate enough to catch a tarpon while I lived down there.. almost had one on a Ribbit frog in the a canal once though! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

05-28-12, 10:16 AM	#4
Bill M BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edison,NJ Posts: 125	It tail walked multiple times and leaped a lot, thing was still green while the guide was holding her.

05-28-12, 04:32 PM	#6
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	That is awesome, Bill! -Mark

06-02-12, 12:06 PM	#7
Bill M BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edison,NJ Posts: 125	Guys, Tarpon was on my bucket list and bonefish and snook are next, I hope This is the guide I used who loves night fishing with top-waters on the grass flats: www.inshorefishtampabay.com

06-02-12, 01:35 PM	#8
USMCbassman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 532	Nice fish and Congrats! I wanna get me some calico bass one of these days...

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